Domestic violence co-responder grant program.

(1) The domestic violence co-responder grant program is created to be administered by the office of crime victims advocacy.(2) The domestic violence co-responder grant program must:(a) Award matching grants to cities and counties for the purpose of establishing and operating domestic violence co-responder programs;(b) Provide contracted technical assistance and training for grantees using a service provider that has demonstrated effectiveness in providing domestic violence co-responder services; and(c) Provide contracted services to assist grantees in billing health insurance for domestic violence co-responder services.(3) For the purposes of this section, a "domestic violence co-responder program" is a program utilizing domestic violence victim advocates that are summoned by law enforcement to the scene of a domestic violence incident and that provide whole family support, resource connection, and care navigation for victims.[ 2025 c 345 s 2.]